Galactites tomentosa Moench

English: Boar Thistle

German: Milchfleckdistel

Portuguese: Cardo-dos-picos

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Asterales (229)

        Family: Asteraceae (228)(family description)

          Genus: Galactites (1)

            Epithet: tomentosa Moench (7)

tomentosa => densely covered with short, soft, tangled hairs

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: xerophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: purple, violet, pink

Check for Galactites tomentosa at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [63] Galactites tomentosa Moench - Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
• [553] Galactites tomentosa - Plants For A Future database

• [31] Canzobre, H.L., Samartín, L.A. (1998): Guía da flora do litoral galego. Edicións Xerais de Galicia, Vigo, Spain.
• [7] Lüpnitz, D. (1984): Pflanzen am Mittelmeer. BLV Verlagsgesellschaft, München, Germany.